Title :
Soliton self-frequency shift from 1.03 μm to 1.55 μm and related timing jitter
Author :
Chen, J. ; Ilday, F. Ö ; Kärtner, F.X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Soliton self-frequency shifting from 1 mum to 1.5 mum, connecting the ytterbium and erbium emission wavelengths, is demonstrated. It is confirmed that the timing jitter induced by the shifting is mainly caused by the laser intensity noise.
Keywords :
erbium; laser noise; optical fibres; optical solitons; spectral line shift; timing jitter; ytterbium; JkJk:Er; JkJk:Yb; erbium emission; laser intensity noise; optical fibers; soliton self-frequency shift; timing jitter; wavelength 1.03 mum; wavelength 1.55 mum; ytterbium emission; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Timing jitter; (060.5530) Pulse propagation and solitons; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (320.0320) Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627975
